Pumpkins...or Should We Say Squash?



Termini's fabulous coffee cake, starring Pumpkin!

 The Reading Terminal Market looks remarkable at this time of year.


Fall fruit and vegetables, particularly squash, is in evidence everywhere.  Make sure that you swing by the grocers, such as Iovine Bros. and Fair Food Farmstand, and revel in the abundance of color and textures.

Many of the merchants have seized this opportunity to work with squash in its various guises - acorn, butternut and turban squash to name but a few varieties...

Much ink has been spilled debating the relative merits of squash versus pumpkin. 

We've read numerous articles attempting to define what constitutes a squash and what is a pumpkin.

Our favorite sweeping definition to date:

• You carve a pumpkin
• You cook a squash (it's invariably sweeter and not as hard)
• You look at a gourd i.e. it's ornamental and not good for eating.  

Few people however observe these niceties; people mostly refer to pumpkins as anything that's orange and is a member of the squash family.  We'll go with the flow.  Here's a wonderful pumpkin, corn and poblano fritter recipe from our friend Jon at 12th Street Cantina. 



Can you sort out the gourds from the squash - tricky eh?

The knobbly multicolored ones are mostly gourds, the rest are edible squash.  The green ones at the back are our favorites - sweet little acorn squash. 

Other Pumpkin-related produce at the Market includes:

Pumpkin and other delicious Fruit Butters from the Pennsylvania Dutch

Pumpkin Whoopee Pies from Flying Monkey

We'll share other Pumpkin recipes in the week to follow.  Watch out for the Pumpkin Soup coming this way soon...

A Tribute to the Phillies

Phillies madness is once again sweeping through the City.  Everywhere you look, citizens are proudly sporting their team's baseball caps, sweatshirts and, as the weather improves, tees.

While lunching at the Market today, we went in search of all things Red + White and stumbled upon these five...

A bliss-inducing treat from Termini's.  How do they manage to make food which is so darned delicious and photogenic..?










The Tricolore Salad, featuring Mozzarella Cheese, Italian Tomatoes from By George!

Lunchtime Shoppers Crave the Pizza, Pasta & Salads from By George!



In the mood for a fix-it-quick baseball supper?  Why not stop by the Fair Food Farmstand and pick up a fresh batch of wholegrain pizza dough and make your own? 

Combine with fresh tomatoes, tomato puree, herbs and your fave cheese and you've got a winner.

Catering for many?  Then grab the ribs to go from the Down Home Diner. 

Quite possibly staffed by some of the most loyal Phillies Fans in the Market...

And we spotted this in the Market's Management Office.  We guess this is to hand out to the fans of rival teams - to dry their tears when they get crushed by the Phillies starting lineup!